2023

MIXED MEDIA WORKS ON PAPER

My work and identity have undergone a monumental shift since becoming a mother. The lack of executive functioning in my brain during those early postpartum months allowed me to stretch myself into intuitive abstract painting, which has been an excellent way to recharge as I continually adjust to the demands of motherhood.

After I gave birth to my first child in late November of 2022, I felt unmoored, and like I would never get my self back. At some point, however, I decided to start painting again, but what came out of me was completely unexpected, and so full of life and playfulness and joy which was a far cry from how I was feeling at the time. I began making abstract paintings, a major diversion from the landscape paintings and drawings I had been creating for the last several years.